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Название книги: Gardens of the Moon
Автор(ы): Steven Erikson
Жанр: Фэнтези
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Gardens-of-the-Moon-158794.html
PROLOGUE
1154th Year of Burn's Sleep 96th Year of the Malazan Empire. The Last Year of Emperor Kellanved's Reign.The stains of rust seemed to map blood seas on the black, pocked surface of Mock's Vane. A century old, it squatted on the point of an old pike that had been bolted to the outer top of the Hold's wall. Monstrous and misshapen, it had been cold-hammered into the form of a winged demon, teeth bared in a leering grin, and was tugged and buffeted in squealing protest with every gust of wind.The winds were contrary the day columns of smoke rose over the Mouse Quarter of Malaz City. The Vane's silence announced the sudden falling-off of the sea breeze that came clambering over the ragged walls of Mock's Hold, then it creaked back into life as the hot, spark-scattered and smoke-filled breath of the Mouse Quarter reached across the city to sweep the promontory's heights.Ganoes Stabro Paran of the House of Paran stood on tiptoe to see over the merlon. Behind him rose Mock's Hold, once capital of the
Название книги: Gardens of the Moon
Автор(ы): Steven Erikson
Жанр: Фэнтези
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Gardens-of-the-Moon-158794.html
PROLOGUE
1154th Year of Burn's Sleep 96th Year of the Malazan Empire. The Last Year of Emperor Kellanved's Reign.The stains of rust seemed to map blood seas on the black, pocked surface of Mock's Vane. A century old, it squatted on the point of an old pike that had been bolted to the outer top of the Hold's wall. Monstrous and misshapen, it had been cold-hammered into the form of a winged demon, teeth bared in a leering grin, and was tugged and buffeted in squealing protest with every gust of wind.The winds were contrary the day columns of smoke rose over the Mouse Quarter of Malaz City. The Vane's silence announced the sudden falling-off of the sea breeze that came clambering over the ragged walls of Mock's Hold, then it creaked back into life as the hot, spark-scattered and smoke-filled breath of the Mouse Quarter reached across the city to sweep the promontory's heights.Ganoes Stabro Paran of the House of Paran stood on tiptoe to see over the merlon. Behind him rose Mock's Hold, once capital of the
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